Marie of Anjou

Marie of Anjou (14 October 1404-29 November 1463) was Queen consort of France from 1422 to 1461 as the spouse of Charles VII of France.

Biography
Marie of Anjou was born in Angers, France in 1404, the daughter of Louis II of Naples and Yolande of Aragon. She married the Dauphin Charles in April 1422 at Bourges, and she served as regent for him during the Hundred Years' War. She bore him fourteen children, including Louis XI of France, but Charles cared more for his mistress Agnes Sorel, and Marie's influence at the court was limited from 1444 until Sorel's 1450 death. Marie was granted the Chateau d'Amboise by her son Louis after he became king in 1461, and she died in 1463 after returning from a pilgrimage to Spain.